11-letter words containing b, h
- hypsophobia — an extreme or abnormal fear of heights
- ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
- ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- impeachable — making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.
- in bed with — in collusion with
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- in the book — in all that is known and practiced in connection with a particular activity
- in the buff — naked
- in the club — pregnant
- inhabitable — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inhabitance — place of residence; habitation.
- inhabitancy — place of residence; habitation.
- inhabitants — a person or animal that inhabits a place, especially as a permanent resident.
- inhabitress — a female inhabitant
- inheritable — capable of being inherited.
- inheritably — capable of being inherited.
- inhibitions — the act of inhibiting.
- interbranch — a division or subdivision of the stem or axis of a tree, shrub, or other plant.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- ish-bosheth — a son and successor of Saul. II Sam. 2–4.
- job hunting — the activity of searching for employment
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- judeophobia — Alternative case form of Judeophobia.
- katabothron — an underground channel created by water erosion
- kerb weight — the weight of a motor car without occupants, luggage, etc
- khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
- kid brother — younger male sibling
- kirby-smith — Edmund, 1824–93, Confederate general in the American Civil War.
- kublai khan — 1216–94, khan c1260–94: founder of the Mongol dynasty in China (grandson of Genghis Khan).
- labyrinthal — Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
- labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- last breath — When someone takes their last breath, they die.
- late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.
- late hebrew — the Hebrew language as used from about a.d. 70 through the 13th century, including Mishnaic Hebrew and Medieval Hebrew.
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- leather bar — a gay bar frequented by men who wear leather
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- light bread — white bread.
- light table — a table that has a translucent top illuminated from below and is used typically for making tracings or examining color transparencies.
- limber hole — any of a series of holes pierced through a frame or floor to allow the passage of accumulated moisture.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- long branch — a city in E New Jersey: seaside resort.
- lophobranch — belonging or pertaining to the Lophobranchii, the group of fishes comprising the pipefishes, sea horses, snipefishes, trumpetfishes, etc.
- lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.